Railway appliance.



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RAiLWAY APPLIANCE; APPLICATIOH FILED MAY 4, I916.

Patented NOVQ 28, 1916.

KALLE JARVI AND KARL'MAKINEN, OF ISHPEMING, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAYAPPLIANCE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1915.

Application filed May 4, 1916. Serial 3T0. 95,405.

' 1' b all whom it may concern ances, of which the following is a specificatiOn.

Thls invention relates to rallways and particularly to cross ties and rail fastenings.

An object of this invention is to'produce a novel cross tie, associated with means for anchoring rails through the said device embodying novel means whereby the said rails are clamped to the cross ties when the sections of the cross tie are assembled and secured together.

A further object of this invention is to provide novel means whereby the clamping members are automatically operated when the sections ofthe cross tie are assembled,

-means being furthermore provided for automatically securing the sections of the rail together when the said sections are nested in proper relation-to each other. 7

With the foregoing and other objects-in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of sections of a cross tie with parts embodying the invention associated therewith; Fig 2 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view of the cross tie when the parts are assembled; Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view on a line corresponding with the line .33 of Fig. 2" and Fig. 4 illustrates a perspective view of a fragment of a. cross tie, embodying a slight modification.

In these drawings 5 denotes the base of the cross tie, and 6 the top which fits over the sides and ends of the base. The base consists of a bottom portion 7 with side flanges 8 whereas the top has side flanges 9 and end flanges 10, and the said top covers the base-and protects the interior mechanism from access of foreign substances.

Theupper surface of the cover or top has with a lugs 11 struck therefrom and bent upwardly to overlie one of the base flanges of a rail 12, the other base flange of each rail being secured by a movable clamp 13 which projects through an aperture 1% in the cover, it being understood that one of these clamps is provided for each rail and that one of such clamps cotiperates with one of the lugs 11 foranchoring the rail to the cross tie. Each clamp 13 has a tail piece 15 which curves downwardly and longitudi-- nally of the cross tie, said tail portion being of such length as to engage the base when the cover is applied thereto, and these tail pieces are preferably slightly resilient so that they maintain pressure which causes the clamps to firmly engage and hold the rails.

"When the cover is applied to the base of the cross tie, these parts are automatically secured together, by means of a latch 16 shoulder 17 overlying the upper surface of the cover. The latch projects through an aperture 18 in the said cover and the said latch is anchored to the base by reason of the fact that the member constituting the latch has an angularly disposed portion 19 lying on the upper surface of the base and being secured thereto by fastenings such as rivets 20, although the exact form of the means for anchoring the latch to the base is immaterial.

From an inspection of Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it will be apparent that when the cover is applied to the base, when the flanges of the rail are interposed between the lugs and clamps, movementof the cover with relation to the base causes an impact of the tail pieces of the clamps with the base of the cross .tie, thus causing a pressure of the clampson the base flanges of the rails and this pressure is maintained so long as the cover and base are in assembled relation. It will be furthermore understood that when the cover is applied to the base the latch projects through the aperture of the cover and engages the upper surface of the cover for retaining the parts in the assembled relation stated.

Instead of having the cover supplied with an integral clamping member or lug, the said means may be modified by providing a cover such as A and having the'clamp B secured to it by screws. or bolts such as C, it being understood that this clamping member is adapted to engage the base flange of the rail and to coact with the other clamps, such as 13 for holding the rail in place. X

We claim I 1. In a cross tie, a base, a. cover having an aperture in its top applied to the said base, lugs struck from the said cover and constituting rail engaging members, said cover having apertures adjacent the rail engaging members, clamps extending'through the apertures and engaging the rail, tail pieces on the said clamps bearing against the base for exerting pressure of the clamps on the rail, and a latch secured to the base and projecting through an aperture of the cover for retaining the said cover in place.

2. In a railway appliance, a base, a cover embracing the base, said cover having apertures therein, rail engaging lugs struck from the said cover and adapted to eng ;;:'e the KALLE JARVI. KARL MAKINEN.

Witnesses T. J. DUNDoN, G. A. DUNDON'.

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